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CDC Offers Training on Weekly NHSN COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting Sessions will cover updates to the staff and resident vaccination reporting module that will be implemented this month.
- June 20, 2023
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Reminder: MDS Training from CMS Now Available The two-part training consists of prerecorded webinars that are available now on the CMS YouTube channel and a live, virtual workshop to be held via Zoom on June 21st.
- June 13, 2023
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Authorizes Private Right of Action Against Public Nursing Homes The decision in Health and Hospitals Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski authorizes residents to sue publicly owned nursing homes for violations of their rights under the federal Nursing Home Reform Act.
- June 13, 2023
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CMS QSO Reminds Hospitals of Their Responsibilities When Discharging to Post-Acute Care No action required from long term care providers in response to QSO.
- June 12, 2023
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DOH Webinar Describes Waiver and Equivalency Submission Guidelines for Fire Safety and Environmental Compliance The webinar detailed processes for seeking an equivalency or waiver in response to deficiencies in compliance with fire safety and environmental regulations.
- June 5, 2023
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COVID Tracker Adds Test Result Data CDC tool now includes information on laboratory test positivity rates.
- May 30, 2023
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CDC to Outline NHSN Reporting Changes Nursing homes have four options to hear about upcoming June updates to the NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module.
- May 30, 2023
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U.S. Senators Reintroduce Bill to Fix CNA Training Lockout Currently, nursing homes assessed civil monetary penalties above a certain level on their annual survey automatically lose their authority to train staff to be CNAs for two years. Newly reintroduced legislation in the U.S. Senate and House would allow providers that have demonstrated their return to compliance to restart training programs rather than having to sit out a full two years.
- May 22, 2023
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CDC COVID Data Tracker Debuts New Look, Updated Data Points Hospital data will be the leading source for monitoring prevalence of COVID-19.
- May 16, 2023
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DOH Issues DAL Regarding Waiver and Equivalency Submission Guidelines DAL outlines new process; DOH to offer webinar.
- May 16, 2023
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